Faulkner’s novel about the decline and dissolution of a once-great Southern family was an epiphany to Rich and me growing up in Atlanta. All the bad choices and bad luck piled up on the Compsons through the generations until their shared, brutal end. As teenagers, Rich and I were surrounded by the same gentry, the same mind-set, the same culture as Faulkner described so vividly fifty years before us. We recognized it for what it was, and we determined not to endure it.
Read MoreWhen we’re not climbing and skiing with our clients, Mountain Guides like to eat and drink. Food and Wine is a critical part of the guest experience and our most memorable tours include eating and drinking at familiar places we love to share with our clients.
Read MoreThere are only a few thousand IFGMA Guides in the world, spread across 27 member countries. It’s a small community bonded to the mountains and to each other through their shared passion and proficiency. As a guide and as a client, I’ve skied and climbed with many of the best Mountain Guides around the world.
Read MoreAt Boulder Ventures, we love the Grateful Dead and listen to them all the time. Jerry Garcia was a great entrepreneur who understood the economics of the music business in the digital age long before anyone else.
Read MoreMountain Guides are larger-than-life characters. Among the skills Guides acquire over a lifetime in their terrain is to project confidence and competence to clients, and then to demonstrate both in the daily conduct of their jobs. Venture Capitalists are called on to do the same thing by their investors and entrepreneurs.
Read MoreHow we balance our duties defines us in our career as a Venture Capitalist.
Read MoreMountain Guiding is an excellent example of a modern competence hierarchy. Venture Capital, less so.
Read MoreStevie Haston is the greatest climber of my generation.
Read MoreMalcolm Gladwell says the qualities of satisfying work are autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward. Mountain Guiding and Venture Capital are rich in all three.
Read MoreAt Boulder Ventures, we’re only interested in important projects, where successful outcomes can move the dial financially for our investors and for the society we live in.
Venture Capitalists and Mountain Guides live in the future. To be good at what we do, we have to. Planning for the next adventure is a constant in guiding and requires both a near term and a long-term view to dial in the best experience for our Clients.
Read MoreMountain guides and venture capitalists love to share success with our partners. After struggling together for many years, it is a special moment when a VC and her entrepreneur celebrate the exit of their company. Within the context of their authentic relationship, this moment is both joyous and bittersweet.
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